Vinash, Vinaś: 4 definitions

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Vinash means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Vinaś can be transliterated into English as Vinas or Vinash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vinaś (विनश्).—4 P.

1) To be destroyed, perish, die.

2) To disappear, vanish.

3) To be lost or ruined.

4) To be frustrated or foiled. -Caus.

1) To destroy, annihilate.

2) To suffer to be lost; स्थातुं नियोक्तुर्न हि शक्यमग्रे विनाश्य रक्ष्यं स्वयमक्षतेन (sthātuṃ niyokturna hi śakyamagre vināśya rakṣyaṃ svayamakṣatena) R.2.56.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vinaś (विनश्):—[=vi-naś] 1. vi-√naś [Parasmaipada] -naśati, to reach, attain, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. vi-√naś [Parasmaipada] -naśati, or -naśyati ([future] -naśiṣyati or -naṅkṣyati; [infinitive mood] -naśitum or -naṃṣṭum),

2) —to be utterly lost, perish, disappear, vanish, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to come to nothing, be frustrated or foiled, [ib.];

2) —to be deprived of ([ablative]), [Ṛg-veda ix, 79, 1];

2) —to destroy, annihilate, [Harivaṃśa] :

2) —[Causal] -nāśayati ([Aorist] vy-anīnaśat), to cause to be utterly lost or ruined or to disappear or vanish, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (once in [Sūryasiddhānta] with [genitive case] for [accusative]);

2) —to frustrate, disappoint, render ineffective (a weapon), [Atharva-veda];

2) —to suffer to be lost or ruined, [Raghuvaṃśa ii, 56];

2) — ([Aorist]) to be lost, perish, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vinaś (विनश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viṇassa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vinash in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) destruction, devastation; disaster, ruin, wreck; ~[ka] destroyer/destructive, devastating/one who devastates or ruins; ~[dharmi] perishable, transient, transitory; -[hetu] the cause for destruction/devastation; ~[kale] [viparita buddhi] whom God would destory, He first makes mad..—vinash (विनाश) is alternatively transliterated as Vināśa.

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